Utah and ASU plans were better. It was post ASU after Pili went out things changed. Lose 1 players and sat back more. Then injuries added up with DL, LBS and safeties and got even more vanilla.
THe trust shown in players v. Utah and ASU was great. That trust went away game by game post injuries. And that half 2 of the USF game was downright painful, and a harbinger of what was to come.